To understand Khaite, you’ve got to view it like a merchant. (I liked the pin-tucked gazar dresses; they reminded me of this Marc Jacobs look from his Spring 1998 collection.) Holstein is very much in touch with what women with money want to wear. When I saw Yael Aflalo , founder of Reformation—another Stripes investment, which turned out very well... See more

Vintage establishes luxury as knowledge - both the knowledge of environmental cost of fashion and the knowledge of history, meaning and importance of cultural goods.

luxury fashion brands are re-positioning themselves as cultural movements.